Match-safe.



No. 881,051; PATENTED MAR. 3, 1908.

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MATCH SAFE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 14. 1901.

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WALTER A. BREWSTER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HARRY J. ROBINHOLD, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MATCH-SAFE.

Application filed January 14, 1907.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER A. BREWSTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Match-Safe; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved match safe or receptacle.

The object of the invention is to provide a receptacle for matches having a plurality of curved tilting pockets hingedly connected at their front ends to a supporting frame and provided at their rear ends with finger pieces engaging recesses in said frame, whereby the pockets may be tilted forwardly to empty the contents therefrom.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 represents, on a reduced scale, a top plan view of a blank from which the supporting frame of the safe is formed; Fig. 2 represents a front elevation of one form of the match safe. Fig. 3 represents a vertical section thereof; Fig. 4 represents a perspective view of one of the pockets detached; and Fig. 5 represents a perspective view of a modified form of safe constructed in accordance with this invention.

In the embodiment illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4, a match safe is shown adapted to be suspended fiat against the wall or other suitable support. The supporting frame ofthis match safe is preferably formed from a single sheet or plate 1 of any suitable material, preferably tin, cut out in the form of blanks, as shown in Fig. 1, having oppositelydisposed rounded ends 2 and 3 provided with apertures 4 and 5 for attaching it to the wall or other support. This plate is also pro vided on its opposite sides with wings, as 6 and 7, preferably curved with cut-out portions or spaces 8 between them extending to a short distance from their connection with the body portion of the plate. The lower wall of this cut-out portion or recess 8, which constitutes the top edge of the lower wing, as 7, is inclined downwardly at its inner end to form a notch or bearing to receive the rod of the lower pocket hereinafter described, and the other edges of the wings, as 6, are similarly inclined to form bearings 9 for the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 3, 1908.

Serial No. 352,165.

free end of the upper pocket to be described. These oppositely-disposed wings, as 6 and 7, are bent upwardly at right angles to the body of the plate to form means for closing the ends of the pockets and for supporting them as hereinafter described. These wings, as 6 and 7, are provided near their edges at points below the centers thereof with apertures, as 10 and 11, for a purpose hereinafter described. Two pockets 15 and 16 of similar construction are hingedly or pivotallymounted between the side wings, as 6 and 7, of the supporting frame, and each is preferably formed from a single piece of material bent, as shown in Fig. 4, inthe form of a semi-cylinder with one of its ends extended, as at 17, to form the back of the pocket. The front edges of these pockets are folded over to form bearings, as 18, for the rods, as 19, which are journaled in the apertures, as 10 and 11, in the wings, as 6 and 7, whereby the pockets are pivotally-connected with the supporting frame. The ends of the rods .19 are preferably bent, as shown at 20, to secure them against accidental disengagement from the wings. The free rear edges of the pockets are also folded at 21 to form bearings for the rods, as 22, which have their opposite ends extended beyond the sides of the pockets and preferably bent to form finger pieces, as 23 and 24, for operating the pockets, These rods, as 22, are adapted to rest in the inclined slots or bearings, as 8 and 9, formed in the side members or wings, as 6 and 7, of the supporting frame.

One of the pockets, preferably the upper one 15, is designed to receive burned matches and the lower pocket 16 to hold good or unburned matches or vice versa. Both of these pockets being hinged at their front edges between and near the edges of the curved wings, as 6 and 7, of the supporting frame are adapted to be swung forwardly and downwardly to empty the contents therefrom without removing the safe from its support. The contents of the top pocket 15 may be dumped into the lower pocket and the lower pocket into a suitable receptacle or they may be emptied independently. To empty the pockets, one of the finger pieces is grasped and the pocket tilted forwardly on its hinges, as shown in Fig. 2, the downward movement of the pocket being limited by the finger pieces thereof coming into contact with the edges of the wings, as 6 and 7,

and the backward movement by the walls of the slots or bearings, as 8 and '9, in the wings.

In the form illustrated in Fig. 5, a match safe 30 is shown adapted for use on mantles or similar places, and is constructed of any suitable material. This safe comprises two side members 31 and 32, each having steplike wings or members, as 33 and 34, with their upper edges curved, as shown in said figure. These side members are provided with downwardly-inclined slots 35 and 36 similar to the slots or bearings 8 and 9 of the other figures and for a similar purpose. The upper steps, as 34, of the side members 31 and 32 are provided near their lower front ends with perforated lugs or ears, as 37, to receive the pintle or shaft 38 of the upper pocket 40, which is curved to form a receptacle for the burned or other matches and is provided at its rear end with oppositelyextending finger pieces, as 35, which rest in recesses, as 36, near the back thereof. The lower pocket is provided at its front end with a pintle or shaft 46, which is ournaled in the lower step, as 33, of the side members 31 and 32 and at its rear end with oppositelyextending finger pieces, as 47, which rest normally in the bearings or slots 35. The operation of this match holder or safe is the same as that shown in, the other figures.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. A match safe comprising a supporting base composed ofa single piece of metal having spaced apertured wings on opposite sides thereof bent at right angles thereto, the upper edges of said wings being downwardly inclined at the rear thereof to form slots or bearings and a pocket formed from a single piece of longitudinally curved sheet metal having the edges of its upper and lower ends bent to form bearings, a rod disposed in the bearings at the lower ends thereof and extending on opposite sides thereof to pivotally engage the apertures in said wings, and a rod disposed in the bearing in the upper end of said pocket and extended on opposite sides and bent to form finger-pieces adapted to rest in said inclined slots and supporting the pockets in upright position.

2. A match safe comprising a single piece of sheet metal having scalloped side edges bent at right angles to form pocket supports, said scallops having recesses between and above them inclined downwardly to form bearings, match-containing pockets approximately U-shaped in cross section with one leg longer than the other and having fingerpieces projecting from the opposite ends of said long leg, the short leg having trunnions extending from its opposite ends for pivotal engagement with said scallops, the finger pieces of said long leg being adapted to rest in said inclined recesses.

In. testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WALTER A. BREWSTER.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM M. LAKE, A. M. SoHRrvER. 

